A Tory who claimed £11,000 for interest payments on a home with no mortgage now admits claiming for parking bills - through his food allowance.

MP Bill Wiggin owned up to heckling voters at his Leominster constituency.

Asked how he spent his £400 food allowance each month, he said: "You can't park in London without residential parking. That's where I claim it."

Later the Tory whip, who was at Eton with David Cameron, said: "You don't have to put receipts in if you have miscellaneous expenses. I'm not taking money I shouldn't."

The MP claimed running costs on his six-bedroom home in Woking, Surrey, for five years, saying it was his second home. He even claimed £ 17,000 to fund servants' quarters. The revelation came as it emerged that another Tory - Sir John Butterfill, left - did not pay capital gains tax on £600,000 he made selling his taxpayerfunded house.

Sir John claimed his main home was a £56,000 flat in his Bournemouth constituency. However, after selling the Woking home for £1.2million he told HM Revenue and Customs it had been his main home - saving him from paying capital gains tax.

Sir John has now said he will refund over £20,000 for claims made for his staff quarters and repairs to his Bournemouth flat.

He defended his claims, saying: "It seemed to me that that was the house I had in order for me to get to London, so it wasn't unreasonable for me to use as my second home."